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Ronny North plays his own signature brand of instrumental guitar rock and is fast becoming a So Cal guitar hero. He won the Best Male Guitarist award at the 2006 All Access Magazine Music Awards. After the win Ronny was featured in a cool interview in All Access Magazine talking about his win. MTV licensed Ronny’s music from his last CD GOING PSYKO for their "Real World" reality TV program. The song "Race with Me" is featured on the Morley Compilation CD that is available free at all authorized Morley dealers or from www.morley.com. In April 2007 Ronny was featured in Guitar Player Magazine where GP magazine head editor Michael Molenda said some very complimentary things about Ronny’s playing. In May 2007, his DISCONNECTED CD was released. Ronny played a few highly successful guitar clinics during the year at various Guitar Centers and also one at Verde Valley Music in Cottonwood, Arizona. Ronny was also featured in their local paper, The Verde Valley Independent. The paper did a full page article on Ronny with several pictures that were shot in Jerome, AZ. In November 2007, Ronny released his Christmas song “A Day in the Moment”. The song has been getting lots of airplay in both America and in Europe. In January 2008 Ronny performed at Winter NAMM 2008. He kicked off the show on Jan 16th when he played on the NAMM stage with his band at the Hilton next to the Anaheim Convention Center at the NAMM Show kick-off event. He then played everyday of the show for his sponsors Laney Amplifiers, Presonus Audio (Where Ronny jammed with fellow Presonus endorser keyboard wiz Derek Sherinian at the booth on Jan 19th) and IK Multimedia. Ronny also secured several new endorsements including a deal with Tregan guitars. Ronny and the company are developing a new Tregan Ronny North signature guitar that they plan to debut at Summer NAMM in June 2008. He is currently featured in the company’s new ad campaign. Ronny has a busy 2008 planned: he’s been doing a lot of press including appearances on The Billy Moses Radio Show, VM Underground Radio, The Saturday Night Free For All Radio Show, and Maximum Threshold Radio, just to name a few. He will also be in a featured interview in Fireworks Magazine in Europe in March 2008 (issue #31) and is featured on the compilation CD that comes with the magazine. To top it off, Ronny will be playing all over the America and abroad this year including the 2008 Special Olympics Summer Games and Summer NAMM as well as clinics for several of his sponsors.
Ronny is regularly sought out from music equipment manufacturers for his input on the development of new products. He has appeared in several national and international music publications and has been featured in ad campaigns and catalogs for his various sponsors. On top of all that he writes a couple of very popular monthly columns for Guitar Jam Daily Magazine called "Adventures in Guitar with Ronny North" and "Chatting with the Pros". He also has a philanthropic side: he has performed at the Special Olympics Summer Games for the last six years and has played events for Toys for Tots, Support The Troops, Musicians in Need, and the Tsunami Relief.
Not surprisingly, many manufacturers of music gear have pledged their support and he is endorsed by 39 different companies. Ronny currently endorses: Laney Amps, Presonus, Tregan Gutars, Light Pick, AxeTrak, Digitech, Black Kross, Stan Hinesley Guitar Pickups, Carvin Products, Celestion Speakers, Coffin Cases, Docs Pro Plugs, Draven Shoes, Feiten Tuning Systems, Femme Metale Custom Jewelry, Floyd Rose, Freelok, Graphtech Saddles, AMT Pedals, Groove Tubes, Guitar Force Products, Guitar Wheel, Atomic Amps, In Tune Guitar Picks, Levy’s Leathers Guitar Straps & Gig Bags, Minarik, Morley Pedals, Music Star Wear Clothing, PedalSnake, Roadie Rench, Seymour Duncan Guitar Pickups, Sik World Clothing, SIT Strings, Sustainiac Infinite Sustain Devices, TC Electronics, Tennessee Acoustic Guitars, Tone Pros Bridges, Wedgie Products, and Zaolla Cables.
Definitely check out Ronny and see what all the excitement is about. He’s tomorrow’s guitar hero today……
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